Feasibility of Home Based Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Persons With SCI

ConditionTetraplegia
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorVA Palo Alto Health Care System

About this trial

The proposed study will focus on the feasibility of and effectiveness to a home-based program for persons with chronic SCI focused on upper limb training augmented with a transcutaneous neurostimulator supported via a video telehealth platform.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Veteran

Age 18-65

All gender, any ethnicity

Cervical Spinal Cord Injury C2-8

Disqualifiers

Cardiopulmonary disease or cardiac symptoms,

Autonomic dysreflexia that is uncontrolled or severe,

Implanted medical device(s),

Uncontrolled spasms that could limit participation in exercise training,

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Lead sponsor

ONWARD Medical, Inc.

Collaborator